Internal Procedure documents and policy regarding communicating with clients who are homeless

Keith Owen made this Freedom of Information request to Services Australia

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Dear Department of Human Services,

I would like to access any documents that fit this criteria:

Internal Procedure Documents

Policy Documents

relating to the Department of Human Services, Child Support Program, communicating with clients who have advised that they are:

Homeless

Do not have a physical address to send correspondence physically,

And who may have nominated an email address as an address for correspondence.

Yours faithfully,

Keith Owen

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Freedom of Information Team

Employment Law and Freedom of Information Branch | Legal Services Division

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Locutus Sum left an annotation ()

Mostly I classify a response like this one to say "clarification requested" because the agency has told the applicant that some more information (or money!) is needed before the request will be processed. With this request, I have put the response in the category of "refused" because it is some time since the agency responded and the applicant does not appear to have made a follow-up. It is possible that a follow-up has been made by the ordinary post or by private email but Right to Know has not heard anything about this. Even if the applicant did not follow-up agency questions, it does not mean that the agency will refuse the request when an application is made in the correct (required) manner.